A brief account of bensen ülger and ülgeren bense

Columbia, MO: Center for Studies in Oral Tradition. Oral Tradition, 16/2 (2001): 264 - 279.The Mongols have a long tradition of oral literature. About the first half of the nineteenth century, a new member came into the family of Mongolian oral tradition, namely bensen ülger. Bensen ülger first appeared in the southeastern Mongolian areas, where the influence from the Han culture has been stronger, and then spread to other areas of Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia.